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About the USATF Youth Hammer Throw Fund

The USATF Youth Hammer Throw Fund was started by Harold Connolly in 2005 and has since awarded over $24,000 to 52 young boys and girls under 18 years of age.

Awards are determined annually by a three-person selection committee’s review of the applicants’ three-page application form which requires training and competitive statistical information, a brief essay describing his/her hammer throwing goals, and a letter of support from the applicant’s coach/parent.

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About HammerThrow.org

HammerThrow.org was founded by 1956 Olympic gold medalist Harold Connolly to help promote and spread the most exciting Olympic discipline.

About Harold Connolly

As the last American to win Olympic gold in the hammer throw, Harold Connolly dedicated his life to the event. It was his goal to see America once again among the world's best in the event. Read more here about his remarkable transformation from a young handicapped child outside of Boston to becoming a household name around the world.